Barbara Lee Laney

SALISBURY — Barbara Lee Laney, 79, passed away peacefully on April 27, 2020, at Noble Horizons in Salisbury. 

Born on Aug. 14, 1940, in Helena, Mont., she was the daughter of the late Alice (Doney) and Alfred Fleury.

Barbara is survived by her son, Lenny Kinzinger of Millerton; three daughters, Julie Kinzinger of Beach Lake, Pa., Donna (Laney) McKeague and her husband, Todd, of Westfield, Mass., and Renée Laney-Wilcox and her husband, Willam, of Salisbury. She is also survived by her pride and joy: her grandchildren, Zackery, Rachel and Leah Wilcox, Lucy and Ella McKeague, Hunter and Ethan Kinzinger and AJ Petroski. 

She is also survived by her loving sister, Mary Noss and her husband, Robert, of Mechanicsburg,Pa.

 She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Donald Laney; her son, Robert Kinzinger; her brother, Gary Fleury; and her sisters, Delores Fleury, Olive Carmen and Avis Decker.

Arrangements are under the care of the Kenny Funeral Home.

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